Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Your iPhone is about to get uglier
Once a decade, Apple does something that mobilizes its entire userbase in a fit of pixelated rage: It redesigns its software and debuts that new design. The updated look is called Liquid Glass, and it’s predictably controversial. “What’s the use of this cool new Liquid Glass design if you can’t read or see anything clearly?” […]
Trump is frustrated by his own success on immigration
In recent days, mass protests in Los Angeles have dominated the headlines. Images of demonstrators facing off with National Guard members and flaming cars have filled the news. The primary cause of this unrest has been less visible, but no less disorderly or disruptive. Behind the tensions in LA lies a radical escalation in the […]
The real reason Trump is suddenly ordering immigration raids
The mass protests in Los Angeles began as a rejection of President Donald Trump’s new blitz of immigration raids. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on locations throughout LA on Friday, including Home Depot and the city’s garment district. During the raids, immigration authorities reportedly arrested more than 200 people, though the Trump administration has […]
Trump’s team takes aim at a major climate rule
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is attacking Biden-era policies aimed at limiting air and climate pollution from power plants, part of a broader bid to stimulate the fossil […]
The enormous stakes in a new Supreme Court case about Trump’s mass firings
In late May, a federal court handed down an order pausing President Donald Trump’s plans to fire a simply astonishing amount of federal workers. As Judge Susan Illston explains in her opinion, the proposed cuts are so sweeping that they would effectively shut down multiple federal programs. To give just a few examples, Santa Clara […]